The CHLPE, under the guidance of Professor Colleen Flood, was awarded a University of Ottawa Knowledge Mobilization Grant to host an in-camera roundtable on dental care policy. The full-day event, which took place on June 15, 2022, brought leading scholars together with officials from the federal government to discuss policy options for dental care, including what is feasible from constitutional and federalism perspectives.
The aim of the roundtable was to translate knowledge from scholars to inform and impact how the government proceeds in the coming months and beyond. Attendees included leading research experts on federalism, division of powers, health policy, dental policy, fiscal policy, as well as representatives of the federal government and decision-makers with expertise in federal-provincial-territorial negotiations.
Insights from the roundtable will now be summarized in a policy options paper designed to advise key decision makers.
The University of Ottawa’s Knowledge Mobilization Grants are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Exchange Grant program.